Norwood was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council.

[5] Ken Livingstone, who was elected from the constituency in 1973, was Leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 to 1986.

He was later elected to represent Hackney North and Stoke Newington in 1977 and Paddington in 1981.

The sixth and final election to the GLC (and third using revised boundaries) was held on 7 May 1981.

The councillor was elected for a four-year term, extended by an extra year by the Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984, ahead of the abolition of the council.